Hiatus – What is this? Color??

*gasp* Color!

Yeah, I know it's only one panel, but it's progress! Enough that I'm considering starting up the comic again. I won't be fast though. Comic-creating still triggers the grieving process, but I'm finding ways to manage it. I won't be able to handle a weekly update, though. I'm not even sure if I can do a monthly update. But I want to try.

My goal is to get at least two pages completed before the end of the year. I'm almost up to one at the moment but there's the holidays and all that grieving mess, so who knows if I'll make it.

In the meantime, I'd love to hear your input on what I should do for next year with a very simple poll:

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Thank you!

PS: Some of you noticed that the site went down the first couple of days of November and worried I had disappeared. Thanks to all who reached out to make sure I was okay. It was just a problem with my hosting service but I was able to get it resolved. It did cause this update to be late, though. Sorry for worrying you!

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What a great surprise to go from “page unavailable” a couple of days ago, to a new panel in colour (insert dancing emoji here).
So happy that you are making progress and just the fact that you are considering starting the comic again, and wanting to try, sounds like huge steps forward.

Woo! Color!

Yep! We’re still here for you, whatever you decide!

Hello 🙂 Oh, how it soothes me to see progress. Gives me hope for my own progress. Thankyou!

I failed to add it to the form above, but, I’d still like to see the silly comics you mentioned. It seems to me that having fun, even when it feels hollow and meaningless, is still very helpful. Because eventually, for a moment or two, it can suddenly feel not-so-hollow and like there is at least some meaning to it – and that really helps.

Best of wishes for your challenges. Hope to read another update in January or February, I’ll be neither surprised nor worried if one month extra just disappears. It happens to me with lesser challenges than this.

Things that may feel hollow can be filled with life by the comments and interaction from others. We’re here because we enjoy the things you make, it’s harder to say that if we don’t get to see them.

*gasp*
Color!!!

Kat: “So, why is there no color?”
Danni: “Haha. What did you expect?
This is a cheap place, and color isn’t.
Just avoid the trucks.”

You can colour me impressed with this update (and no, I am not sorry for the pun 😛 ).

But honestly, though, I am very much glad to see you back online, especially with the “site maintenance” page popping up last week. I got worried there :'(

Thank you again for letting us know how you are faring. As always, please continue to take care.

Yay! Hello! If anything not-NAV would help you recover/progress, you could make a separate section for off-topic/silly stuff, akin to Goonish’s Notepad entries.

I have a folder on my web browser favorites called ‘Webcomics’. Every day I open every page stored in it to check for updates on all of the comics I read. When I’m done with them, or when they’re finished, I remove them. I’ve kept NaV in that folder since I found it when it started up. I’m not removing it until I at LEAST see how the story fully ends AND see all of the secrets.

I’ve opened it every day of your hiatus, I can wait a long time until you’re comfortable to start up again.

I do much the same, roughly organized by days of week posting happens. Also have a subfolder in there for ‘Completed’ (which can include ones that seem to be suspended or dropped due to inactivity), allowing me to store the link so I can reread any time I can’t find anything new or just wish to.

Shiny!

Hurrah

Got me real excited to check today. It’s so nice to see you and color to

Yeah!

This is great news. I’m glad you feel good enough put serious thought into restarting. I have been checking in your page every few months and hoping good news.
For 2024, just take your time and update whenever you have finished something, it doesn’t matter if it’s been two weeks or two months since the last. You can leave returning to a regular schedule to after having posted some pages, maybe 2025.
.And you won’t be the only with an irregular schedule. There is another webcomic I follow that updates on average about every two weeks, but it can range from two pages per week to silence for over a months.

It seems rather fitting to have Bandit comforting the Dude in this page, considering the last 2+ years.
I’ve enjoyed this comic a lot. It’s probably my favorite. Partly because the answer to the question of “what triggered the apocalypse?” is “everything”
And yet, I’d rather you make sure you’re doing okay. If you want a specific update schedule, go for it. If you want to be unscheduled, go for it. If you want to keep going indefinitely or quit now, whatever is best for your well-being, go for it. I think we’re all with you all the way, whatever that looks like.

I’m definitely hoping it keeps going, but no pressure from me.

Looking good!

I hope December finds you well.

Just wanted to wish you a (belated) Merry Christmas! And may your next year be better than this one!

happy holidays, friends!

Merry Christmas!! (A day late, I know…)

Happy New Year!

Hey Aneeka, I just reread the comic over the past couple days and it was just as good as I remembered. I’m glad I took the opportunity to get all the printed volumes when I had the chance. I hope things are going okay in your Reality. Any new comic pages would be a very welcome sight.

Still checking in regularly (in my non-ad-blocked browser!).

Hope things are going well for you!

Happy February!

Heya! Long time reader but usually a lurker. Hope things have been getting better, or at least that you’ve been getting the support that you need. Remember not to be too hard on yourself about the comic, your real life and healing is more important. If you can’t help but feel bad about it (and you shouldn’t!) maybe try doing some one offs, a side adventure, or having some guest comics or fan art to help make it easier on yourself.

Just wanted to give a few words of support, and say that I hope the holiday season wasn’t too hard on you, and that I hope the new year is kind to you.
We’re all still here for you, when you are ready to come back.

Long time Patreon supporter, haven’t seen any updates in a while and I’m hoping it’s just getting overwhelmed by emotions and not anything ~~serious~~ physical.

I know it’s a couple of days late, but happy valentines.

Happy March!

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Webcomic of a semi- reformed hacker trying to redeem herself in a post- apocalyptic world she may have created.

Hiatus – What is this? Color??